Time for me to ask some dumb questions. I've been trying to get a lock on some of the plot elements of this story and I'm surprisingly ignorant. If a GM or someone else who knows what's going on can fill me in, I'd appreciate it.

First topic: Zahirah

Who is he/she? More specifically, what are our characters supposed to know about him/her? The name keeps coming up, but there is no wiki entry for him/her. I suppose we're supposed to be afraid of him/her, but I don't know why.

Information about Zahirah has been given to various characters. Most of it is vague, some of it is contradictory, and the veracity of other bits has yet to be determined. (aka - don't feel bad about being confused, I'd be very disappointed in myself if you did have Zahirah all figured out)

What is known and confirmed by sources of various levels of trustworthiness is that Zahirah was either the apprentice or daughter of Dalthalto and ran her own little monstrous cult of terror. She is rumored to be of fiendish blood, some sort of spellcaster, either extremely long lived or possessed of some form of immortality, and has a tendency to disturb natural creatures by her simple presence. It is possible that she either is the avatar of the Primal or received training from the avatar of the Primal.

Early in the campaign, an innocent kid named Dima became possessed by a spirit that was let loose from that tomb (or whatever that dungeon was meant to be). The spirit calls itself Evaric. What do you we know about that name? How does he relate to the other "old school" characters like Zahirah etc.

Evaric seems to have been a spy in Dathalto's cult 2000 some odd years ago. However, I don't believe we know who he was spying for or what his true purpose was in infiltrating the cult. Again, Aben is the main source for this info - from book(s) and probably Ekaterina's memories.